Annual Conference 2015 of the Knowledge Platform Security & Rule of Law Wednesday, June 24, 2015, from 9:00 AM til 19:00 PM Venue: The Hague Institute for Global Justice Sophialaan 10, The Hague, the Netherlands Based on a broad international orientation and engagement, the Knowledge Platform Security & Rule of Law (KPSRL) aims to inform The Netherlands development policy and its imple...

After many years, I have finally come up with a new Cartoon character, the "[Terrorism] Expert" (see picture on the right), loosely based on my own personality (as I see it) and several of those I have encountered since the 1990s in the academic world - particularly scholars from the social sciences and humanities.For the time being, every cartoon attempts to deliver one or more jokes or humor...

D66 Political debate seminar I: "Combatting Terrorism and Radicalisation: Is Safety makeable, and Security feasible?" March 27, 2015, 20:00 Delft, the Netherlands This evening is organised as by the Dutch political party Democrats '66 (D66; similar to UK's LibDems) in the university city of Delft in the Netherlands, together with D66's theme working groups on Social Liberalism, Democracy and Rul...